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Poor disclosure

There's nothing in the product description that would indicate that this drive only works with specific operating systems on specific computers. Even though I have a Win7 64-bit high-end laptop, the Hitachi 3TB drive will only format to approximately 740GB. As for my WinXP computers, it's useless. I had chosen this drive as a viable backup device - what a waste.

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

Features

5.0

Quality

3.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

THRobinson

Date:

Aug 21, 2011

Does the Job

So far so good, month later, been running this for a HTPC media drive with no issues. Sometimes a bit slow starting up when accessing if left idle for a while. Was the least expensive 3TB when purchased. Bought a XION SATAII cable for it as well, the cable clicks into the MoBo fine, but, not the drive... very lose and pops out very easily, hence the 3 star rating for Quality.

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

Features

3.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

5.0

Reviewer:

Anonymous

Date:

Aug 21, 2011

Great Hard Drive

Love Hitachi Hard Drives. With that said, I hate how Hitachi drives are dificult to find - depending on your system. This is my 5th Hitachi and all of them have outlasted Seagate and are faster (in my opinion) than Seagate. Will keep buying Hitachi Hard Drives.

Overall

4.5

Value

5.0

Features

4.0

Quality

5.0

Performance

4.0

Reviewer:

arminw

Date:

Aug 17, 2011

does what it is supposed to

It works fine so far in side my Mac computer. It did not need any additional software but came right up to be formatted for OS X. However, some external USB enclosures do not see the entire disk, but only about one third of it. Hitachi drives have been generally quite reliable and they are quiet and run cool. I have several 1TB drives and this is the 1st 3TB drive I tried.

Overall

2.5

Value

3.0

Features

3.0

Quality

3.0

Performance

1.0

Reviewer:

kPa

Date:

Aug 04, 2011

Need Help in making hard drive work

I purchased this hard drive and Windows XP only recognizes the drive as 746GB instead of 3 TB. What do I need to do for it to recognize the full 3 TB?

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